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- Title: Using Google Map Application Programming to Communicate Avalanche Hazard from Multiple Avalanche Centers
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Robert H. Comey, Carol Peck
- Description: In the United States (US) there are over 15 separate avalanche centers which operate independently and issue avalanche hazard bulletins for 55 areas i...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-40.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, google map
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- Title: Establishing an Avalanche Community and Communication in Japan
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Degawa Azusa, Hirota Yusuke
- Description: In any country, the process of establishing a community aimed at avalanche safety and the characteristics of the community are influenced a great deal...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-41.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche education, avalanche bulletin, avalanche community, communication
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- Title: RegObs - Public Database for Submitting and Sharing Observations
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Ragnar Ekker, Kjetil Kværne, Aslak Os, Tore Humstad, Anders Wartiainen, Vidar Eide, Ravi Kjell Hansen
- Description: regObs is a tool for submitting and sharing observations needed by The Norwegian Avalanche Center. We have developed regObs as a public tool supportin...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-42.pdf
- Keywords: regobs, norwegian avalanche center, database, observations, open source, public licence policy
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- Title: Collecting Snow Measurements with Ushahidi: Arpa Piemonte Experience During Winter 2013
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: R. Cremonini, A. R. Gaeta, E. Solero, R. Pispico, M. Faletto, M.C, Prola, S. Barbero
- Description: Accurate and updated measurements are critical for snow stability conditions assessment and avalanche risk evaluation. Recently, Arpa Piemonte has cus...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-43.pdf
- Keywords: snow measurements, smartphone app, geo-referred information
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- Title: Visualizing Snow Profiles
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Matthias Gerber, Charles Fierz, Pascal Haegeli
- Description: The introduction of the CAAML 5.0 Profile for IACS Snow Profiles (Haegeli et al., 2010) created the necessary foundation for facilitating the exchange...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-44.pdf
- Keywords: information exchange, xml, caaml 5.0, iacs, snow profile, visualization
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- Title: Yukon Avalanche Association - The First Year and the Future
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Michael Smith, Eirik Sharp
- Description: The Yukon Avalanche Association (YAA) was formed in 2010 with the goal of promoting avalanche safety and awareness to an expanding group of backcountr...
- Object ID: issw-2012-214-219.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche safety, terrains, winter backcountry recreation, canadian avalanche centre
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- Title: Vulnerability: Caught in an Avalanche – Then What are the Odds?
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Alan S.T. Jones
- Description: Vulnerability is an essential component in qualitative and quantitative avalanche risk
analyses. It is the probable consequences given that the eleme...
- Object ID: issw-2012-001-008.pdf
- Keywords: vulnerability, avalanche properties, destructive avalanches, avalanche risk management, hazard index,
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- Title: The Urban Avalanche Interface and Community Impacts a Case Study: Ketchum, Sun Valley & the Wood River Valley, Idaho
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Janet K. Kellam
- Description: The reality of dealing with urban development in avalanche terrain can look simple on paper but is challenging and complex in real life. Other factors...
- Object ID: issw-2012-009-015.pdf
- Keywords: hazard, zoning & planning, urban interface, risk management
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- Title: Vision Zero: Applying Road Safety to Avalanche Safety
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Dale Atkins, Magnus Granhed
- Description: In 1997 the Swedish Parliament mandated that road fatalities and serious accidents be reduced to zero by 2020. To achieve this extraordinary directive...
- Object ID: issw-2012-016-022.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, accidents, fatalities, road safety, vision zero, sweden, united states
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- Title: Back-Calculations of Observed Avalanches Against Natural Deflecting Dams
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Dieter Issler, Carl B. Harbitz, Ulrik Domaas, Kalle Kronholm, Marc Christen
- Description: The objective of this study is to assess the reliability of presently available numerical
avalanche models in predicting avalanche flow about deflect...
- Object ID: issw-2012-038-045.pdf
- Keywords: dynamic model, avalanche hazard, calculations, ramm-sonde,
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- Title: Dense Avalanche Friction Coefficients Influence of Nivological Parameters
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Mohamed Naaim, Yves Drand
- Description: High altitudes, heavy snow, and sharp mountainous relief of Mont Blanc massif make the upper part of the Arve valley (Chamonix, France) one of the mos...
- Object ID: issw-2012-046-050.pdf
- Keywords: dense snow avalanche, avalanche history,avalanche path, friction coefficients
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- Title: On Indicator Path Avalanches for Local Avalanche Forecasting
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Claudia Alig, Christoph Mitterer
- Description: Avalanches are clear signs of instability and thus often considered as the best predictor for further events. In fact, avalanches that release at the...
- Object ID: issw-2012-051-054.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche path, snow depth,prediction methods, avalanche awareness
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- Title: Measurements at Recent Deep Slab Avalanches
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Michael J.W. Conlan, David Tracz, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Hard-to-forecast deep slab avalanches can release unpredictably under diverse conditions ranging from storms to clear days to locally induced stress t...
- Object ID: issw-2012-055-061.pdf
- Keywords: persistent weak layer, cohesive slab, avalanche forecasting, snow stability, snow strength
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- Title: Comparing Local Stream Flow Peaks to the Onset of Wet Avalanche Cycles
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Mark Saurer
- Description: When the snow has melted from the valley floors, peak flow levels in our local streams may help predict the onset of annual wet avalanche events. Park...
- Object ID: issw-2012-069-076.pdf
- Keywords: wet slab avalanches, avalanche forecasting, stream discharge
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- Title: Analyzing the Atmosphere-Snow Energy Balance for Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Melt water is the major driver of wet-snow instability. Its percolation and interaction with snow is complex, poorly understood and hence not well dep...
- Object ID: issw-2012-077-083.pdf
- Keywords: snow pack, wet snow avalanches, avalanche danger scale,
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